STEDT #1352

*s/m-ti

CLITORIS / VAGINA

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

This root is quite well attested, appearing in the NE Indian Areal Group, Himalayish, Jingpho, Qiangic, Bai, and Tujia, mostly with the meaning CLITORIS, sometimes VAGINA.

The Qiangic and rGyalrongic forms point to *s/m-dzi-s/k, i.e. a prototype with affricated root-initial, either a sibilant or nasal prefix, and either a sibilant or velar suffix.

Reflexes & cognates19 reflexes · 13 subgroups

1.1.2Deng1

Darang [Taraon]aːprefix-teb ‘vagina’The final labial stop is unexplained.Matisoff 87 BP

1.5Mikir [Karbi]2

Mikir [Karbi]ven#3429 PTB *wyan ‘VAGINA’-the ‘vagina’Matisoff 87 BP

Mikir [Karbi]wen#3429 PTB *wyan ‘VAGINA’◦the ‘vagina’Grüssner 79 BP: 217

1.7.1.1Bodo1

Lalung [Tiwa]khinmorpheme◦di ‘clitoris’Balawan 65: 14

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1

Limbuneːtmorpheme◦ti n.‘clitoris’Driem 88? LimA: p. 477

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1

Khamti◦siː#1349 PTB *si(ŋ/k) ‘VAGINA’ ‘clitoris’Watters 89 KhQ

3.1Tangut1

Tangut [Xixia]tɪ◦wə̣¹#3429 PTB *wyan ‘VAGINA’ ‘vagina?’According to M. V. Sofronov 1978 there is some doubt as to the exact meaning of the Tangut graph he reconstructs here.Sofronov 97

3.2Qiangic2

Qiang (Mawo)khəmorpheme◦sti ‘clitoris’Sun J 86 Mawo

Qiang (Mawo)kʰæmorpheme◦sti ‘clitoris’Sun H 91 MawQ: 10.4.4

3.3.1rGyalrong2

rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦mdzis ‘clitoris’Sun H 91 rNW: 10.4.4

rGyalrong (Northern)təprefix◦mdzək ‘clitoris’Sun H 91 rNQ: 10.4.4

5Tujia2

Tujiatʰe²¹ ‘vagina’Chen 86 TuBQ: 10.4.1

Tujiatʰe³⁵ ‘vagina’Chen 86 TuMQ: 10.4.1

8Bai1

Bai (Jianchuan)pi̱⁴⁴#662 PTB *b(y)at ‘VAGINA’ ɕĩ⁵⁵#3431 PTB *syaŋ ‘VAGINA / CLITORIS’ tɯ̱²¹ ‘clitoris’Zhao 90: 10.4.4

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1352, *s/m-ti ‘CLITORIS / VAGINA’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1352

Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].

References: 667?

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1352,
  title  = {{*s/m-ti 'CLITORIS / VAGINA'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1352},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1352}
}